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1
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premier text on CM theory

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Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic Huang Di Nei Jing

2
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1st book to focus on herbal prescriptions

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Divine Husbands Classic of Materia Medica Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing

3
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Zhang Zhong Jing

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Discussion of cold damage Shang Han Lun

4
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6 tastes

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sour bitter sweet spicy salty bland

5
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salty taste goes to the

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KIDNEY

6
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sweet taste travels in the

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FLESH

7
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bland herbs tend to promote diuresis and leech dampness. True or False

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true

8
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warming hot spicy aromatic herbs tend to move pathogenic factors up and out. true or false?

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true

9
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Mineral are generally cooked for

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30-60min prior to adding other ingredients

10
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directs the action of the other herbs in a formula

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messenger/envoy

11
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The eight traditional methods of Chinese herbal medicine (yi men ba fa) are

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to sweat, vomit, purge, warm, clear, reduce/regulate, harmonize, tonify

12
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A qian is approx

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3 grams

13
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Generally herbs are dosed at _____ per herb and formulas are consumed ______

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3-9g, 2-3x/day

14
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Herbs that release the exterior generally enter what level? Channel?

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Wei/Tai Yang, Lungs

15
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All of the following are reasons to use herbs for releasing the exterior with caution or not at all –profuse sweating, sweating due to Qi deficiency or Yin deficiency, runny nose BUT NOT:

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DEFICIENCY OF BLOOD AND/OR BODY FLUIDS

16
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List 3 symptoms you would expect to see in a case of Wind-Cold invading the exterior?

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Simultaneous fever/chills, pain upper back/neck, no sweat, cough/wheeze/chest tightness, common cold symptoms

17
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Ma huang strongly induces sweating, facilitates lung qi and clam wheezing and:

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promotes urination to reduce edema

18
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Ma huang is a central nervous system stimulant so it must be used with caution with what conditions?

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debilitation, spontaneous sweating from exterior deficiency, night sweats from yin deficiency, wheezing associated failure of the kidneys to accept qi

19
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Which herb releases the muscle layer, unblocks yang qi and warms the middle?

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Gui zhi

20
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This slightly warm herb to release the exterior is useful for all types of wind, such as exterior wind, interior wind causing tremors/spasms, and wind-damp bi:

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fang feng

21
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This herb to release the exterior is especially good at unblocking the nasal passages relieving the pain of frontal headaches and treating vaginal discharge

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bai zhi

22
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This herb alleviates nausea stops coughing transforms phlegm and resolve toxicity of other herbs

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sheng jiang (ginger)

23
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vertex headache

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Gao ben

24
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occipital headache

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Qian hou

25
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frontal headache

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Bai zhi

26
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temporal headache

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Xi xin

27
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itching

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Jing jie

28
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Which is not useful for nasal congestion

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sheng jian

29
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Which of the nasal herbs also dispels dampness, treat WD Bi, and skin/itching

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cang er zi

30
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Kitchen herb useful for releasing exterior in very early stages of WC, also for unblocking yang and poultice for sores:

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cong bai

31
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This herb to release the exterior also harmonizes the middle, moves qi, treats restless fetus and morning sickness and seafood poisoning

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zi su ye

32
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What is promoting sweating:

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diaphoretic

33
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Ma huang tang is used for

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exterior wind cold with wheezing as predominant symptom

34
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The assistant that helps with the function of unblocking the flow of lung qi and arrests wheezing is

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xing ren

35
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is used to release pathogenic influences from the muscle layer and regulate nutritive and protective qi (harmonize ying and wei)

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Gui zhi tang

36
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Xian ru san is used for

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summer external wind cold with dampness

37
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A very effective formula for treating external cold with congested fluids manifesting with wet cough and post nasal drip

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xiao qing long tong/minor blue dragon

38
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One of the most effective formulas for the treatment of sudden turmoil stomach flu food poisoning and all digestive disharmony from dampness with exterior wind cold is-

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hou xiang cheng qi tang

39
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Name the five tastes and their main functions:

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  • Salt: yin, drains downward, softens/resolves masses
  • Sweetness: scatter, are yang, supplementing, harmonizing, tonifying and moistening
  • Pungent: scatter, are yang, induce sweat and act on qi and blood
  • Sourness: drain, are yin, astringent
  • Bitterness: drains heat downward, are yin, purges the bowels, and eliminates dampness
  • Bland: are yin, seeps/drains fluid, dampness
40
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directs the action of the other herbs in a formula and comprises the main ingredient(s) of the formula

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The PRINCIPAL/CHIEF

41
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A strong formula in the release exterior cooling category that is used to treat flu and influenza is

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yin qiao san

42
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What physiological effect do hers that release the exterior have on the body? Called in western med?

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To sweat, diaphoresis

43
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directs or focuses the formula on a certain channel or area of the body or harmonized and integrates the action of the other ingredients

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The ENVOY

44
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Sheng Jiang releases the exterior, warms the middle to stop nausea, and resolves toxicity of other herbs- what else?

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stops cough/resolves phlegm

45
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Ma huang tang and gui shi tang come from the

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shang han lun

46
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Ma huang tong ingredients:

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ma huang, gui zhi, xing ren, zhi gan cao

47
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Ma huang tang presentation:

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normal tongue coating, tight and floating pulse, headache and nasal congestion with white exudates, more chills than fever, absence of sweating, cough and wheezing.

48
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Xiao qing long tang minor blue dragon functions/indications:

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release exterior wind cold with internal phlegm cough copious clear or white sputum no sweating rolling and slipper pulse moist or greasy tongue coating

49
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Patient has mild headache sore throat red itchy eyes for 2 days, other symptoms include fever slight cough, tongue red tip light yellow coating, plus superficial and slightly rapid=

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sang ju yin (mulberry leaf and chrysanthemum decoction)

50
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Choosing sang ju yin (mulberry leaf and chrysanthemum decoction) over yin qiao san (honeysuckle/lonicera forsythia powder) would be:

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patient presents with mild wind heat with cough as major symptom

51
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Xian ru san (elsholtzia powder) is used for

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wind cold with dampness in the summer

52
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Fang feng tong shen san is prescribed (trendy) for obesity, but classically for

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external wind heat with internal heat accumulation

53
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Toxic heat symptoms

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discharge, infection, severe sore throat, generally sicker

54
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4 symptoms of wind invasion at wei level:

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simultaneous chills/fever, pain in upper back/neck, floating rapid pulse, white tongue coat

55
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treats wind cold OR wind heat, vents rashes and alleviates itching and stops bleeding

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jing jie

56
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releases the muscles to treat tight upper back and neck, also generates fluids to treat thirst, vents rash of measles and raises yang to stop diarrhea

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ge gen

57
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exterior releasing herb that enters the GB LV SJ to reduce fever, resolves shao yang disorders, moves stagnant liver qi and lifts yang qi

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chai hu

58
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has an ascending nature and guides the action of other herbs upward, clears heat and resolves toxicity to treat such thing as ulcerated gums, vents measles BUT NOT USED IN LARGE DOSES

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Sheng ma

59
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Important symptoms (2 on exam) that tell you a patient has a wind-heat invasion as opposed to wind-cold:

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severe fever, red eyes Fever and Chills w/ Fever predominant & Sweating

60
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has an affinity for the upper burner, to treat W-H symptoms affecting the head, eyes and throat, also vents rashes, moves liver qi and expels turbid filth

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bo he

61
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dispels W-H, especially beneficial to throat, also resolves toxicity, vents rashes and moistens the intestines

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nui bang zi

62
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sang ye, ju hua, man jing zi are helpful for the eyes. what is NOT?

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dan dou chi

63
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locally growing non-native invasive herb is excellent to treat exterior conditions lodged in the muscles, especially tight upper back and neck, generates fluids and raises yang to stop diarrhea

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ge gen

64
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chai ge jie ji tan (bleuperum kudzu decoc. To release muscle layer) treats wind cold transforming into wind heat with a lot of?

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PAIN

65
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Yin qiao san (lonicera honeysuckle powder) contains ban lan gen (isatis) and is particularly useful in treating?

A

viral conditions

66
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Qian lan tan & zhong gan ling are for

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wind heat toxin, cools the blood, relieves aching neck and shoulders and moistens and soothes the throat.

67
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Zhi ban xia should only be used in it’s prepared form, dries dampness, treats nausea and vomiting BUT does NOT

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DISPERSES WIND-PHLEGM

68
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Zhi tian nan xing is useful for cough and distention in the chest due to stubborn phlegm, is used topically for swelling and pain, but is best known for

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dispersing wind-phlegm that causes spasm, vertigo, paralysis, etc

69
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warms the lungs, regulates qi, disperses clumps and unblocks the collaterals

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Bai jie zi

70
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popular herb that releases the exterior, benefits the throat, unblocks the sinus, and directs the action of the other herbs upward.

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Jie geng

71
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Phlegm is: a major cause of chronic illness, is often the result of unresolved EPFs, is often the underlying cause of unusual and difficult cases (knotty diseases) BUT is NOT:

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EASILY RESOLVED

72
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• Phlegm accumulating in lungs:

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mucus, cough

73
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• Phlegm accumulating in the stomach:

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rebellious qi, vomiting

74
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• Phlegm stagnating in the channels:

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nodules

75
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• Phlegm obstructing the heart orifices:

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palpitations, misting mind

76
Q

Chuan bei mu is best know for treating _____ cough, while zhi be mu is best for _____ cough

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CHRONIC, ACUTE

77
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directs turbid phlegm downward, unbinds the chest and reduces abscesses

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gua lou

78
Q

Pang da hai is fabulous for

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easing sore throat and hoarseness, also moistens intestines

79
Q

The seaweeds are best at treating _______ while the bamboo family is known for treating _____.

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NODULES & HARDNESS, PHLEGM-HEAT

80
Q

Of the bamboos, _____ treats GB fire and stops vomiting

A

zhu ru

81
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To treat phlegm, one must often strengthen the spleen, nourish the kidney yang and

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REGULATE QI

82
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Ban xia, ju huang, (chen pi), fu ling and gan cao make up the formula

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er chen tang (liu jun zi tang acceptable too)

83
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Coughing with copious clear or white sputum focal distention nausea weakness of the extremities headache and palpitations with anxiety are manifestations of

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DAMP PHLEGM

84
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For the treatment of hot phlegm in the lungs with damage to the fluids one might consider

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bei mu gua san (fritillaria trichosanthes powder)

85
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is used to treat cold damp phlegm and food stagnation blocking the epigastrium and chest, often combined with er chen tang if taken over a long period of time

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San zi yang qin tang (3 seed nourish parents

86
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Ban xia bai zhu ma tang (pinella white atractylodes gastrodia decoc) can be used as a guiding formula in the treatment of

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MIGRAINES due to wind phlegm

87
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A formula that may be useful in the treatment of Bell’s Palsy is

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qian zheng san (leading the upright back powder)

88
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A very effective formula to nourish yin and moisten the lung in cases of chronic yin deficient cough is

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Bai He Gu Jin Tang (Lily Bulb Decoction to Preserve Metal)

89
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Sang xin tang (morus leaves prunus armecica decoc) is indicated for

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externally contracted warm dryness

90
Q

what formula warms and transforms phlegm and congested fluids tonifies the spleen and resolves dampness

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Ling gan wu wei jiang xin tang (Hoelen, Licorice, Schizandra, Dried Ginger & Asarum Decoc)

91
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what formula was developed to treat diphtheria, but is now modified and combined with sore throat powders to treat a variety of throat infections

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Yang Yin Qing Fei Tang (Nourish Yin & Clear Lung Decoction)